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The beta for version 6 of ESET’s line of products has been launched a very short while ago. Features such as Personal Firewall and Parental Control are available in Smart Security 6 beta only, while Idle-State Scanning and Scan While Downloading Files are present in Nod32 Antivirus as well.Another important fea... |
17 May 2012
12:10 GMT |
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Emsisoft Anti-Malware reached a new version today, one that brings both specific and general improvements to the application.
Notable changes touted for this revision are full integration with Emsisoft’s cloud database for faster detection of new malware and fewer false positives as well as improved self-prote... |
27 April 2012
06:01 GMT |
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A fresh release for Emsisoft Anti-Malware is available today for download exclusively from Softpedia. Version 6.5 of the antivirus boasts better detection of new threats and pushes hourly signature updates.Furthermore, the new revision brings to the table email scanning for Outlook users, thoroughly checking incoming... |
25 April 2012
18:12 GMT |
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After spending about five months in beta, Microsoft Security Essentials 4.0 rolled out as a stable release. It is currently available for download for all users, but existing customers should receive the latest version automatically through the Microsoft Update service. The current update is nothing out of the ordin... |
25 April 2012
07:07 GMT |
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A new build for HitmanPro 3.6.0 has been released. It comes with a brief, but quite important list of changes, as it strengthens the malware detection mechanism and corrects a time zone issue that occurred when validating the license. Build 153 for HitmaPro 3.6.0 improves its behavioral scan engine by adding the pos... |
19 April 2012
11:18 GMT |
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The stable build for Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.61 is now available, after spending about two weeks in the beta stage of development. The new release brings to the table several improvements, as well as a couple of fixes. Modifications in this revision refer to overall performance, usability and stability. Improvem... |
10 April 2012
03:04 GMT |
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Today Lavasoft launched the new line of Ad-Aware products, which have been re-written from scratch. Looks are the first to notice, and the new layout is compact and easier to handle. The Free version has been preserved and integrates protection components that had been available only in the paid editions (process, n... |
29 March 2012
05:47 GMT |
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Kaspersky announced the release of version 2.0 for their complete protection suite for home users, Kaspersky PURE. The most visible change in the package is the interface, which is now more intuitive than ever. Changes in the product touch on Quarantine and Backup management, which have been separated in different t... |
27 March 2012
11:16 GMT |
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Malwarebytes Anti-Malware continues to progress, as the company released a new beta for the application. Version 1.61 of the security product brings to the table improvements and repairs a small batch of problems.As far as enhancements are concerned, the development team managed to optimize the scan speed for 64-bit ... |
24 March 2012
04:34 GMT |
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With 150 million active users and over 200 million registered accounts, the popularity of avast! software is completely undeniable. About a month ago, the company released version 7 of their security suite, integrating innovative features for the free edition. Cloud-based file reputation service and streamlined upda... |
23 March 2012
05:51 GMT |
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A new build has emerged for HitmanPro, which expands its detection abilities and brings to the table a few improvements as far as its performance is concerned. Some minor enhancements are also listed as being available in this revision.
HitmanPro 3.6.0 Build 148 offers better detection and elimination of threats, as... |
15 March 2012
10:59 GMT |
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SUPERAntiSpyware received a new update, designed to improve overall performance of the application. The changes address the definition update mechanism as well as the scanning engine.
Included in SUPERAntiSpyware 5.0.1146 are updates, enhancements and fixes for both the detection and the scanning engine.
The curren... |
8 March 2012
05:35 GMT |
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avast! 7 stable has been launched about a week ago, but the developer announced yesterday a new build for this version. The latest revision number is 7.0.1412 and it deals with issues detected on the previous build, such as autosandboxing BSODs or UI crashes.
Other problems have also been fixed in this release and t... |
2 March 2012
09:56 GMT |
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Panda Security announced today the release of a maintenance update for their Cloud Antivirus, fixing bugs reported mainly by the community. However, it also features a new toolbar and several improvements.
Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.5.2 (reviewed here) brings to the table faster on-demand scans as well as improved... |
27 February 2012
08:23 GMT |
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We mentioned yesterday, when we announced the RC, that the wait for the stable version for avast! 7 would be quite short. The developer already tied all loose ends and came up with build 7.0.1407, which introduces cloud-based reputation scanning and streaming updates, remote assistance feature and expo... |
24 February 2012
04:36 GMT |
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avast! 7 moved very fast from beta to RC development stage and this rapid progress is due to the fact that the company plans to launch the stable version sooner than you might expect. They will also present the new features at the upcoming RSA conference in San Francisco next week.
The current release candidate, 7.0... |
23 February 2012
05:02 GMT |
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The latest release for Outpost Pro has just been unveiled, featuring important enhancements, such as the redesigned anti-spam filters that are capable to separate mail intelligently.
The SmartDecision technology has been improved in Outpost Pro 7.5.2 and eases up the decision process for the user by applying color-c... |
21 February 2012
09:00 GMT |
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A new build for avast! 7 public beta has been released, with several fixes and improvements. The most recent release is 7.0.1399 and reports say that the sounds are now functioning correctly on Windows 7 and pages are displayed correctly in Internet Explorer 9 with Web Rep enabled.
Another notable fix in the latest ... |
17 February 2012
07:56 GMT |
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Avast products need no introduction, as reaching the 190 million registered users mark, touted in a press release at the end of January, speaks volumes of its popularity. Out of these, 149 million are active. The same document shows that last year the user base grew by 49 million registrants. The new version, though... |
9 February 2012
12:49 GMT |
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Recently, on January 21, Malwarebytes switched to a new beta for their Anti-Malware product, incrementing the version number to 1.60.1. Well, ten days later, the build has turned into a stable release.Since it is an intermediary build, the current stable build does not bring to the table any major changes. In fact, i... |
31 January 2012
01:13 GMT |
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Emsi Software rolled out a new version for their Anti-Malware suite, increasing the build number to 6.0.0.56. Unlike previous releases, this one features quite a list of modifications affecting the GUI, as well as the various built-in modules. However, most of them can be regarded as having little importance.The late... |
24 January 2012
06:02 GMT |
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A beta version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware has been released, aiming at fixing several issues, some of which of significant importance.The problems solved in Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.60.1 beta include a bug that caused freezes in certain third-party security alternatives, on Windows XP. Another issue fixed in thi... |
21 January 2012
07:04 GMT |
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Agnitum announced that their flagship product, Outpost Security Suite Pro, has received its tenth VB100 certification from Virus Bulletin. The testing took place back in December on Windows 7 Professional 32-bit machines, and included 55 security suites and antivirus products, from a total number of 45 vendors.... |
13 January 2012
06:21 GMT |
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It is difficult to label one antivirus solution as the best of them all. However, given a certain timeframe and the test results recorded during this time for a number of products, you can clearly conclude which alternatives did best.AV-Comparatives concluded their annual summary report for 2011 with a very clear-cut... |
12 January 2012
16:21 GMT |
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Subscribers to Emsisoft newsletter should know by now that Online Armor++ will no longer be developed as an individual application, but as part of a bigger picture, called Emsisoft Internet Security Pack. As such, starting January 1st Online Armor++ is no longer available. That is not to say that support for the exi... |
3 January 2012
12:21 GMT |
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Malwarebytes Anti-Malware already was a great, sturdy product, and proof of this are the millions of downloads and high user rating all over the Internet. As such, its latest version, 1.60, does not come with too many fixes. Improvements, on the other hand, are plenty.
On the list of stuff newly introduced in this b... |
28 December 2011
03:22 GMT |
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We all want our personal information and files to be secure at all times, especially when they are on the computers in our very homes. On this note, Emsisoft Anti-Malware is one security application that can offer maximum protection. Today, users can purchase the software from Softpedia for only $10 (€8.40), VA... |
21 December 2011
09:01 GMT |
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The list of modifications in the new build for SUPERAntiSpyware is not too extensive, showing mainly improvements and enhancements for different components of the application.First on the list are enhancements for heuristic/smart definitions. The improved SUPERAntiSpyware 5.0.1142 also comes with scanning engine upda... |
19 December 2011
09:51 GMT |
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A new build for Emsisoft Anti-Malware has been released, featuring fixes for both major and minor bugs, affecting various components of the suite.Emsisoft Anti-Malware 6.0.0.51 fixes the problem with disabling surf protection individually and with scanning NTFS mount points. Error 31 in the updating system has a... |
19 December 2011
09:28 GMT |
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Total Security is the most complete protection suite from Bitdefender. It encompasses all the components in the other bundles and also offers something on the side. As far as the layers of protection are concerned, there are no additional elements. The additional options compared with Internet Security edition... |
7 December 2011
12:51 GMT |
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The Austrian anti-malware developer has just updated their flagship product to a new and improved build. First on the list is surf protection speed enhancement, but after that follows the list of fixes.
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 6.0.0.49 fixes many problems some of which would cause crashes (upon service component resta... |
7 December 2011
05:21 GMT |
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The official release of the latest line of avast! products has been announced. The list of the most important changes in the new version, 6.0.1367, has not been modified at all, except for a line vaguely informing of “various other security and stability related fixes”.
However, there were reports about ... |
29 November 2011
04:26 GMT |
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Although the build version increment is pretty shy, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 6.0.0.46 shows important stability improvements. There is no new feature added to the suite, but modifications take care of some serious bugs.
Scanning, quarantine, and the detection engines are the modules that received most of the developer&... |
18 November 2011
05:17 GMT |
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All avast! editions have been updated to a new beta version, although the Czech developer has not announced the move officially just yet. The official release is planned for the next days. However, you can download the latest beta for avast! Free, Pro and Internet Security, as the company’s CTO, Ondřej Vlček, ... |
12 November 2011
06:17 GMT |
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The new build for Emsisoft Anti-Malware does not include any new features and has been released to improve overall stability and functionality of the suite. The fixes available eliminate some nasty bugs, though.
Crashes would occur in the previous version of the package because of the framework module or stack overf... |
4 November 2011
11:11 GMT |
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It’s the second update for SUPERAntiSpyware this month, and in less than a week. Judging strictly by the short period of time between the two builds, one may think that some issues with the application needed urgent fixing.However, the changes in the latest version, 5.0.1134, are minor and include small fixes l... |
18 October 2011
03:01 GMT |
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Smart Security is the most comprehensive computer security solution ESET offers home users. It is designed to make of your PC a malware-free environment, and prevent threats from nesting in the system. Additional security layers include spam filtering, firewall protection and parental controls.The bundle comes w... |
17 October 2011
15:05 GMT |
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Internet Security 2012 suite is marked as BitDefender’s most popular product, and the list of features sure seems to back this up. The bundle is versatile and integrates not only defense against all types of malware, but also spam filtering, firewall protection, parental controls and firewall protection. Price... |
15 October 2011
08:57 GMT |
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SUPERAntiSpyware gets updated every month and changes vary in degree. This month’s release, 5.0.1132, features a short list of modifications and there is no new feature since these are likely to appear when a new major version emerges.
The technology changes available in SUPERAntiSpyware 5.0.1132 should quic... |
15 October 2011
04:23 GMT |
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Emsisoft Anti-Malware has been recently updated to version 6.0 and scan speed is among the most notable changes. Other remarkable changes include the completely re-written dual scan engine framework. The application comes at a price of $40 (€40), but you can fully test it during the 30-day trial period. Install... |
10 October 2011
18:18 GMT |
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Panda Internet Security 2012 comes as a complete protection solution, ready to tackle all sorts of digital threats and prevent sensitive information from leaking outside the system. The price for having the suite protecting your machine for one year is $60.99 (€49,99). Installation is not a complicated process ... |
6 October 2011
17:58 GMT |
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Emsisoft Anti-Malware does not benefit from huge notoriety, but those familiar with this protection set are perfectly aware of its abilities in terms of malware detection.Version 6 of the suite brings in important improvements, some of the most important being the completely re-written dual scan engine (Emsisoft Anti... |
6 October 2011
03:11 GMT |
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The philosophy behind the new range of Avira products is “less is more”, and this means improved protection with less complex handling of features and options.The new Avira model includes a redesigned interface and new detection mechanisms. Counter-measures against process termination or component deletio... |
5 October 2011
08:07 GMT |
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The latest Kaspersky Internet Security brings in a new layout, fit for any sort of user. It features comprehensive protection on all fronts and carries a bag of tools designed for optimizing your PC’s performance.
It comes at a price of $59.95 (€45) and despite being a protection suite installation is a b... |
3 October 2011
11:44 GMT |
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Emsi Software and Softpedia partnered up this week to offer you the chance to win a free license for Emsisoft Anti-Malware. We have 20 codes to give away and the only rule is for you to come up with a relevant and informative comment about the suite. Plenty of users may not have heard of this protection tool, but it... |
6 August 2011
07:01 GMT |
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The $29.95 on Ad-Aware Internet Security Pro’s price tag gets you the protection for a single computer. But for the next two weeks Lavasoft gives Softpedia readers the possibility to increase the protection of the product to three systems, for the same amount of money.The number of computers in an average house... |
25 July 2011
11:41 GMT |
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Agnitum is better known for its firewall rather than anti-malware protection. With the recent release of a new product line, our focus shifted towards Outpost Security Suite Pro, the protection bundle which encompasses all the layers of protection developed by the company. The price of this hefty suite is regularly ... |
25 July 2011
11:01 GMT |
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Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is no news for the majority of the users. The main benefit of this security tool, besides the obvious protection it provides, is that it can run along other anti-malware products, thus contributing to increased protection of your system. There are two editions of the app currently available... |
9 July 2011
14:51 GMT |
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Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.5 has been released recently and pushed to users across the world through the transparent upgrade system. Its benefits are already well known, and raise the protection standard compared to the previous edition of the free antivirus. Improvements have been developed so they all converge to imp... |
22 June 2011
11:19 GMT |
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This year’s giveaway campaigns on Softpedia will get a strong start this weekend with free licenses for Ad-Aware Pro Internet Security. The amount of licenses Lavasoft is putting into this campaign is a generous, round 100, so there will be plenty of winners.All you have to do in order to be eligible is add a c... |
23 April 2011
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